lifetime of questions
where do the answers abound
everywhere we look

December 31st

Winter
Spring
Summer
and Fall
Natural order
A progression older
than any species
A progression as old
as Nature itself
Another year past
Another chance
to remember the good
to learn from failure
to try again
So we must
try and try
and try and
try again

Years

Reading through a book
Page after page
being turned
A new chapter
More pages
Endless story

Notes

Let go of all that harms you
Allow yourself the space to feel peace
Do no harm to others
Do no harm to yourself
Work towards balance and happiness
Embrace the lessons failure imparts
Permit mistakes but do not let them
become habits
Be kind to all

through all darkness

days darkened by the dimming of hope
nights long and unforgiving
cold winds driving warmth
from our bodies
can there be surrender
must we continue onwards
yes yes yes
darkest night will break
a beaming pinhole of light
shining through
becomes the beacon
we have awaited

Contented peace
slouches back and closes it's eyes
Breathing slows to a steady pace
Dreams seen only through closed eyes

Journal Entry

I went to bed and slept well.
I slept longer than I normally would
but in the end I wound up well rested.
I woke up thinking about her
because of the distance
between us on her trip.
I remain on this coast
while she is on the other
visiting family.
I have reached a point
where the real work I must do
needs to occur. It is not enough
to think it, to talk of it, it is time
to be measured and deliberate.
It is the eve of a major holiday.
The sun shines through cloudy
grey skies but there is a strange
hope in me that this year
is turning towards a better one.

The Builders

Pieces of ourselves
given
          and received
Precious
parts exchanged

Building
Creating
some thing new
to gether

Living within
one another

Yes
This is it
This is how
it is
supposed
to be